UES Traffic To Be Snarled By UN General Assembly: Closures List

UPPER EAST SIDE, NY — As diplomats flood the city this week for the start of the United Nations General Assembly, streets in and around the Upper East Side will be shut down for security.

The annual meetings at the UN's East Side headquarters run from Sunday through Sept. 30. Mayor Bill de Blasio advised New Yorkers on Monday to avoid the Turtle Bay area altogether during that time.

"It's going to be congested for most of the week," Mayor Bill de Blasio said.

Even north of Midtown, the Assembly is forcing traffic closures. Here are the streets in and near the Upper East Side being closed to traffic through Sept. 30:

• Area bounded by 60th Street on the North, 34th Street on the south, 1st Avenue on the east and 3rd Avenue on the West; All inclusive
• 5th Avenue between East 55th Street and East 63rd Street
• Grand Army Plaza between 58th Street and 60th Street
• Park Avenue between East 42nd Street and East 62nd Street
• East 63rd Street between 5th Avenue and Madison Avenue
• East 62nd Street between 5th Avenue and Park Avenue
• East 61st Street between 5th Avenue and Lexington Avenue

Further south, these Midtown streets will also be closed:

• FDR Drive between Whitehall Street and 42nd Street
• Area bounded by 54th Street on the North, 48th Street on the South, 1st Avenue on the East and Madison Avenue on the West; All inclusive
• 6th Avenue between West 50th Street and West 59th Street
• Grand Army Plaza between East Drive and 5th Avenue
• Madison Avenue between East 42nd Street and East 58th Street
• Lexington Avenue between East 57th Street and East 42nd Street
• FDR Drive Service Road between 48th Street and 49th Street
• West 59th Street between 7th Avenue and 5th Avenue
• West/East 58th Street between Broadway and Madison Avenue
• West/East 57th Street between 7th Avenue and FDR Drive
• 56th Street between 6th Avenue and Madison Avenue
• 55th Street between 7th Avenue and Madison Avenue
• 54th Street between 7th Avenue and Madison Avenue
• 53rd Street between 7th Avenue and FDR Drive
• 52nd Street between 7th Avenue and Madison Avenue
• 51st Street between 7th Avenue and 1st Avenue
• 50th Street between 7th Avenue and FDR Drive
• East 49th Street between 1st Avenue and FDR Drive Service Road
• East 48th Street between 1st Avenue and FDR Drive Service Road
• East 47th Street between 7th Avenue and FDR Drive
• 34th Street between 7th Avenue and FDR Drive